Flooding
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Flooding Intensifies in Oriental Mindoro: Calapan City and Four Towns Affected
Thousands of residents in Oriental Mindoro have been affected by severe flooding as a shear line continues to bring heavy rainfall to the province, disaster officials reported today, Feb. 9, 2025. The Provincial Disaster Risk…
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Heavy Rains Threaten MIMAROPA: Yellow Warning Issued as LPA Intensifies
Residents of Mindoro and the MIMAROPA region are bracing for cloudy skies and potential flooding as a low-pressure area (LPA) and the southwest monsoon bring scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms to the area, according to the…
Founder’S Profile
Romel “Direk” Ferriol Bernardo
Bernardo Creative Ventures, Inc., the company behind Direk Fuels, Oriental Mindoro’s homegrown gas station chain, and Direk Builders, which rents out heavy equipment, is expanding its portfolio by venturing into online media and content production.
The company’s entry into news media is not surprising, as its founder and CEO, Romel “Direk” Bernardo, was a television writer, producer, and director for over 15 years. From 2002 to 2007, he served as a researcher, writer, and producer for GMA-7’s top-rating show Imbestigador before becoming the executive producer for ABS-CBN’s award-winning documentary program, The Correspondents.
